Charged Higgs Discovery Prospects

TL;DR

This paper evaluates the potential for discovering charged Higgs bosons at the LHC within various beyond Standard Model scenarios, focusing on models with different coupling properties.

Contribution

It classifies multi Higgs models into three categories based on charged Higgs couplings and analyzes the most promising discovery channels for each at the LHC.

Findings

Charged Higgs models with no coupling to colored particles offer optimal discovery prospects.

Identification of viable discovery modes for gaugophobic, fermiophobic, and chromophobic models.

LHC analysis strategies tailored to each model category.

Abstract

We study the discovery prospects of the charged Higgs boson in the context of multi Higgs models in certain BSM scenarios. We classify models into three categories based on the charged Higgs coupling properties: gaugophobic, fermiophobic, and chromophobic. In each case, we identify viable modes of discovery, and present LHC analysis for discovery. We find that extensions of the Standard Model in which the charged Higgs does not couple to colored particles offer the best possible avenues for discovery.